§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what authority officers of the Metropolitan police perform the duties of immigration officers on Eurostar services between Brussels and London, Waterloo. [33363]
§ Mr. MichaelMetropolitan Police officers do not perform the duties of immigration officers on any Eurostar services. Officers can carry our frontier controls in order to operate the requirements of Prevention of Terrorism legislation. Metropolitan Police officers do work jointly with other control authorities, including the Immigration Service. On occasions when Metropolitan Police officers operate on board trains without an immigration officer the police officers are asked that they clearly show their police warrants to ensure passengers identify them as police officers.